The Cornell University researcher introduced a pair of bios -like robot engineering run on a hydraulic liquid -driven battery on Monday. The ledox flow battery (RFB) is dissolved to emit a biological function and generate energy through chemical reactions to release electrolytes.
The first two robots on display are modular worms and jellyfish designed by Cornell Engineering Lab. According to the school, the battery that supplies power to these systems uses concrete energy.
Professor Rob Shepherd, Professor of Machinery and Aerospace Engineering, explains the basic technology as follows: “There are many robots driven by hydraulic pressure, the first person using hydraulic solution as a battery. The battery fulfills two purposes, provides energy to the system, and provides power to move it. “
In addition to improving speed and movement, battery technology has expanded the robot jellyfish runtime to an hour and a half. The robot itself was built at the top of the technology used to develop biological robots inspired by Lion Fish. When the system was announced in 2019, the researcher called the circulating solution “the blood of the robot” and probably made the battery a robot heart.
RFB, which moves to jellyfish, is characterized by a tendon that promotes the robot upward when he succumbs to the bell. When the shape is relaxed, the robot sinks. The video of the system during the action introduces a familiar jellyfish -like movement when navigating underwater.
On the other hand, this worm is composed of modular segments, as seen in a larger heavy robot. Each segment contains a motor and a tendon actuator, and has a shrinkage to expand and create a move.
The team points out that the transition from underwater to land has presented its own issues. The main thing in it is the fact that submerged robots do not require rigid skeletal structure.
“This is how the life has evolved on land,” Shepard says. “You start with fish, then you get a simple creature, and it’s supported by the ground. The worm is a simple creature, but the degree of freedom is increasing.”